, 1887-02-10
LOCAL JOTTINGs.
From Wednesda daily.

From Wednesda, daily.
A. r.. Randle, one of the mai
clerks on the Northern Pacific road
came i'm yesterday suffering terribly
from congestion of the bowels. He
has been on one Of the blockaded
trains and catching cold was taken
down sick mt Missoula. DIR. Allison
was telegraphed to meet Mr.. Randle
at the station, and the gentleman Is
now under medical treatment here.
A. w. Siegel, the gentleman who
has rented the north room on the
Howard street front on the ground
floor of the Arlington hotel, Is now
in the city arranging to open his
cigar stand on or about the middle OF
the month. Mr.. Siegel has purchased
one of the most elegant stocks OF I'M
ported and domestic cigars ever
opened in the northwest country,
and this, together with the fact that
he has had many years experience
as Il handler of tobacco goods, almost
insures him in advance prosperous
business career In Spokane Falls.
A. j. Ross arrived on the delayed
train Monday night from the east.
Mr.. Ross has had an experience
crossing the continent, the particu-
lars of which would fill volume.
He has been disgusted by being
hung up for days i'm the blockade,
the terrible freezing that he was SUBJ
.jected to. There was not happier
man in town than A. j. when he
stepped off the train at this station.
1t will be hard to ever get him to
make a trip east again I'm the dead of
winter. He states that III. G. Mar
shall met with an accident by which
he sprained one Of his feet, and will
be laid up at Cleveland, Ohio, for
some time, but that good natured
heavyweight is worrying to get
back to Spokane and may start west
before he entirely RECEIVERS.
Yesterday sad eyed celestial
called ut the Office. His name Is
Ching Now, and he had grieva
He desired to establish his hon.
esty pf purpose by the statement
that he had worked for Mr.. Glover
and others. He unfolded tale of
sorrow, in which he claimed to have
been victimized ly two of his coun-
trymen, Poo Hay and Sing Gown,
VINO wrestle a sustance by running "a
lottery around in Chinatown. 1t is
run on the same plan as the Louis
ana lottery, though on modest scale.
You can buy a whole lot of tickets
and you stand about as much chance
OF drawing anything as being struck
by lightning In a country where the
nimble electricity seldom operates.
But Ching Now, like many of his
blOod-and like many white men,
for that matter-thinks that a per-
sistent investment will ultimately
bear fruit. Ching carried his ideas
into practice and has made regular
investments In lottery tickets when
ever his means permitted him to in
dulge. BY one of those rare streaks
OF luck, Sunday Ching hit upon a
number that purported to draw the
prize Of $l67.50. There was u great
cackle among the habitues of the
shop when the winners success was
announced. Ching was duly elated
over his stroke OF fortune.
But his elation suddenly van
ished. The owners of the
game never remembered OF any one
having drawn the capital prize be-
fore, and they were at first dumb.
founded. A mistake must have Oc-
Cured. They lid not propose to let
90 Of that large sum and so refused
to pay the prize. They were rum
ming q lottery to take In money, not
to pay it out, and 1t was against all
known rules of the system to dis
courage. Ching WAS all broken up,
to use common expression, and he
poured into our ears In broken
English-so broken that we. could
not make very connected story out
of the .jargOn--his woes. He said
!. that he would have the whole outfit
farrested and see II the strong arm of
the law was not able to extract the
money from the gamesters, or words
to that effect. 1t Is doubtful whether
Ching will ever have the satisfaction
of lingering that $167.50.